Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

He seemed worried about her heading home alone so late.

when he reached the hotel entrance and saw her on the phone, laughing and chatting, seemingly unaffected by his

son gets a ten–year sentence, Dalia would definitely hold

lan standing behind

had witnessed her clash

addition of Carlene, it seemed natural that she would

way. So after she hung up the phone, he said, “I’ll get someone

his eyes red from the smoke and, in part, from his anger at

around to see him

lit cigarette elegantly, looking at her with indifference.

to take down the Shepard family, but I won’t allow it. Not only will I keep the Shepard family’s

to do it, and it wouldn’t be a

was at a

in the financial world. He was ruthless with his enemies, and no one

himself, but when he

now

lan really did follow through, all her recent efforts would be in vain.

was nothing more than a moth struggling by

deep drag on his cigarette, walked over, grabbed her chin, kissed her, and blew smoke

and the cigarette he was smoking didn’t have a strong nicotine taste but rather

uncomfortable, her eyes reddening from

let her go, looking at her with a hint

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